Improved fertilizing-compound



EDWARD N. MCKIMM AND HOWARD 'WQBENDER, OF 'BEN'DER' 'VILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent N 92,077, datedJune 29, 1869.

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and makingpart of the same.

To whom it may come m:

Be it knownthat we, EDWARD N. MoKIMM and HOWARD W. BENDER, of 'Bende-rville, in the county of Adams, and State of Penn'svlvania, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Fertilizing-Gompounds; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same.

This invention relates to-a new and useful improvement in fertilizers, and consists in combining the ingredients hereinafter named in about theproportious These ingredientsare thoroughly mixed together, by stirring or raking, and when so mixed, add- Four hundred pounds of ground bone.

' Two hundred and twenty-five pounds of best- Peruvian guano. I V I One hundred and fifty pounds of ground plaster.

Mix the whole thoroughly together. .Then throw it into a heap and let it lie for forty eight hours, 'when it is fit for use. c

The value of this compound as a fertilizer is not exceeded by any of the 'superphosphates in use, and scarcely by guano itself.

Having thus described our invention,

We claim as ne\v,and desire to secure by Letters Patent l v The above fertilizing-compound, composed of the ingredients. mentioned above, in about the proportionsnamed, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. 7

EDWARD N MCKIMM. Witnesses: HOWARD W. BENDER.

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